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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 01:51 PM
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A Lifeline Named ..."Bianca?"
http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/index.html?blog=/politics/war_room/2005/09/22/bianca/index.html


What's the frequency, Kenneth?

At the beginning of a press briefing at the Pentagon today, George W. Bush took a few relatively tough questions about Hurricane Rita, the administration's failure to capture Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, what he's going to cut to pay for Hurricane Katrina and why it's taking so long to secure Iraq's border with Syria. Just as it seemed that the president needed the breather that a friendly, Jeff Gannon-style query might provide, Bush called for a question from someone named Bianca.

There was silence.

"Nobody named Bianca?" Bush asked. "Well, sorry Bianca's not here. I'll be glad to answer her question."

When another reporter -- someone who wasn't Bianca -- offered to ask a question in her stead, Bush said he was "just trying to spread the joy around of asking a question." A minute or two after that, a female reporter tried to put a question to the president.

"Are you Bianca?" Bush asked. "No I'm not. Anita -- from Fox News."

"OK," Bush said. "I was looking for Bianca. I'm sorry."

-- Tim Grieve
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 01:52 PM
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1. Is Bianca a pink elephant?
Sounds like he's got the DT's...
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demo dutch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:05 PM
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17. BIANCA SOLORZANO a freelance CBS reporter. Been reporting on Katrina
from New Orleans for CBS NewsPath, NY. Used to work for MSNBC.
She has also reported on Iraq in the past.

Grew up in Miami, probably a republican.

Sounds to me she was going to be planted for some easy questions.


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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 01:54 PM
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I wonder if he finds it humiliating
that he can only handle answering planted questions?
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:03 PM
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14. Do sociopaths get
humiliated? Or do they just do the humiliating?
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:05 PM
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15. Good question. They don't have guilt. But do they have ego?
As in, ego that can be insulted?
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:11 PM
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22. Yeah, bush must have
an inferiority complex the size of Texas that he tries to cover with his Enormous Hubris.
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nonconformist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 01:54 PM
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2. Awww, Rove told him to call on Bianca for his softball
And she wasn't there!
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walkon Donating Member (919 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 01:57 PM
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5. Bianca? Anita?
"Just gimme that bitch from Fox News!"
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TheDebbieDee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:01 PM
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12. Ding! Ding! Ding! I think you're right!
He just got the names mixed up!
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demo dutch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:06 PM
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18. See my post # 17
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acmejack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 01:58 PM
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6. "She" was actually Gannon in drag!
And you know popular "She" is said to be in the White House
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raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:08 PM
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19. I was wondering about Gannon myself! nt
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 01:56 PM
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3. A lifeline, a large white invisible rabbit, or childhood nanny who
used to save him? Just where is Bush's mental health at this moment? I'm guessing it's drowned deep in a bottle somewhere.
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 01:57 PM
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4. How can he offer to answer a question that was never asked by someone
who was not there? :eyes:

"Nobody named Bianca?" Bush asked. "Well, sorry Bianca's not here. I'll be glad to answer her question."

Unfuckingbelievable. :grr: I wonder how he got so confused? It must've been the booze and the coke.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:05 PM
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16. The mainstream would have picked
up on this if Clinton had pulled shit like this.

But the little whimpy entitled bitch gets to keep on playing in the white house sand box.
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VolcanoJen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 01:59 PM
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7. The Gurner!
Can't wait till the video hits Crooks and Liars.

The Gurner was coke-jawin' like crazy while searching for Bianca.
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 01:59 PM
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8. His coke dealer arranged for a day-pass
Edited on Thu Sep-22-05 01:59 PM by Atman
"Uh, Bianca...gonna put me behind the eightball *heh heh*. Y'see, I'm a coke head. In other words, my head is full of coke. Now where is that Bianca bitch, cuz my jaw is feelin' kinda funny. 'Cuz I'm a funny-jaw feeler."
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Kralizec Donating Member (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:01 PM
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9. Things falling apart for Shrub. n/t
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:01 PM
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Actually, he wanted some BINACA
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demo dutch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:01 PM
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10. BIANCA SOLORZANO a freelance CBS reporter. Been reporting on Katrina
Edited on Thu Sep-22-05 02:04 PM by demo dutch
from New Orleans for CBS NewsPath, NY. Used to work for MSNBC.
She has also reported on Iraq in the past.

Grew up in Miami, probably a republican.

Sounds to me she was going to be planted for some easy questions.

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SlowDownFast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:01 PM
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11. Weird. Seriously bizarro. n/t
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:02 PM
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13. What a little Weirdo..but
then we knew that. The Proof just keeps piling on..and still he's the one who sleeps in our White House bed.
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lectrobyte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:11 PM
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21. I don't worry about the bed, I do worry about him getting his hands on
the "football."
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11cents Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:11 PM
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20. The reporters should have stood up, one by one ....
...and said, "I am Bianca." "I am Bianca." "I am Bianca!"
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:20 PM
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24. They don't think Fast enough,
do they?
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nonconformist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:21 PM
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25. "My name is Robert Paulson" nt
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deutsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:30 PM
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26. Well, first they need to find spines in order to stand...
:eyes:
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MidwestTransplant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:16 PM
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23. Maybe Condi was supposed to be there in disguise and go by the name
Bianca?
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Garbo 2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 02:32 PM
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27. Randi Rhodes just played the audio on air. n/t
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 03:37 PM
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28. Is Bianca a press room regular?
Edited on Thu Sep-22-05 03:40 PM by rocknation
That's what everything hinges upon. If she's normally there, then maybe Bush just did confuse her with Anita. But if he was expecting her to be there (with a softball question?), that's something else. And if he was just fantasizing about her out loud, well, that's something else ENTIRELY!

Bianca Solorzano:


Anita Vogel of Fox Newss:


:headbang:
rocknation
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demo dutch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-22-05 08:48 PM
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29. Press figured out who "Bianca" is see link
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